Yeshi Esayias
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Yeshi Esayias Tessema (born 28 December 1985) is an Ethiopian
Yeshi made her debut over 42.195 km at the 2007
The 2009 season saw Yeshi dip under two and a half hours as she defended her Marrakech title in 2:29:52 hours. She posted similar marks to win that year's Daegu Marathon and Taipei Marathon, as well as taking runner-up in Casablanca.[3] Heading back to East Asia in 2010, she repeated her victories in Daegu and Taipei. Her Daegu win was a course record and personal best time of 2:29:17 hours.[4] She was also fourth at the Taiyuan International Marathon.[3] Yeshi improved her times again in 2011: she was faster than her course record in Daegu, running 2:26:04, but ended up second behind Atsede Habtamu.[5] She was runner-up again later that year, finishing behind Wei Xiaojie at the Beijing Marathon, although she did finish ahead of Catherine Ndereba.[6]
Yeshi had a personal best for a sixth consecutive year in 2012, with her best run being 2:26:00 for second at the
References
- ^ a b Yeshi Esayias. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Benchrif, Mohammed (2008-01-27). Ethiopian double at the Marrakech marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ a b Yeshi Esayias. World Marathon Majors. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-04-12). Ethiopian sweep at Daegu Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-04-11). Course records fall at Daegu Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-16). Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2012-02-26). Kipyego wins Tokyo Marathon, Gebrselassie fades to a disappointing fourth . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2012-05-27). Moiben defends Ottawa Title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Results of 2012 Guangzhou Marathon. China Daily (2012-11-18). Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2013-02-24). Kimetto clocks course record 2:06:50 at Tokyo Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-09.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2013-05-26). Jufar and Esayias make Ethiopia's day at the Ottawa Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-06-01.
- ^ Wenig, Jörg (2013-10-27). Kipruto and Kilel make it a Kenyan double at Frankfurt Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.